Mumbai Service Tax Notice Error: Commissioner Lacked Authority to Independently Adjudicate Nationwide Services Case.

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....Territorial Jurisdiction - SCN issued by Mumbai Office of Service Tax Department for whole of India offices -The Commissioner should have refrained from adjudicating and instead could have initiated the process of making show cause notice answerable to the jurisdictional Commissioners or he should have written to the Central Board of Excise and Customs seeking power to adjudicate the case of services rendered pan India - AT....